sublunar

From sub- +‎ lunar.

sublunar (not comparable)

1. Situated beneath the Moon.

   Synonyms: sublunary, cislunar

   Antonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunar, translunary

   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. ”, in Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon , published 1839, →OCLC, page 234:

     The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps,
     Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow,
     And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps,
     Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps.

2. Of this world; earthly.

   Synonym: sublunary

   Antonyms: otherworldly, heavenly, celestial, ethereal

Borrowed from French sublunaire.

sublunar m or n (feminine singular sublunară, masculine plural sublunari, feminine and neuter plural sublunare)

1. sublunary

sublunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural sublunares)

1. sublunar

• “sublunar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10